Extend battery life

Nokia Lumia
with WP8: Save battery life

Get the most out of your phone while getting the battery life you need. There are steps you can take to save power on your phone.

To save power:

Charge wisely

Always charge the battery fully.

Select only the sounds that you need

Mute unnecessary sounds, such as key press sounds.

Use wired headphones

Use wired headphones, rather than the speakerphone.

Use the battery saver

You can set your phone to automatically save power when the battery charge level is low. To check the battery status, and switch battery saver mode on, on the start screen, swipe left, and tap Settings > battery saver.

When your phone goes into battery saver mode, you may not be able to change the settings of all apps.

You can choose when you want battery saver mode to be activated. Tap advanced.

Change the phone screen settings

Set the phone screen to switch off after a short time. On the start screen, swipe left, and tap Settings > lock screen > Screen times out after.

Use double-tap to wake up your phone only when needed. To switch the feature off, on the start screen, swipe left, tap Settings > touch, and switch Double tap to wake up phone to Off.

Lower the screen brightness

On the start screen, swipe left, and tap Settings > brightness. Make sure that Automatically adjust is switched to Off. Switch Level to low, and switch Automatically adjust to On.

To lower the screen brightness when the battery saver is on, on the start screen, swipe left, tap Settings > display, and switch Battery Saver brightness to On.

Stop apps from running in the background

Close the apps you are not using. To close most of the apps, press .

Some apps may run in the background unnecessarily. On the start screen, swipe left, tap Settings, swipe to applications, and tap background tasks. Tap the app you want to block, and tap block.

Use location services selectively

If you want to keep location services switched on, but don't want to use check-in services, on the start screen, swipe left, and tap Settings. Swipe to applications, tap people, and switch Use my location to Off.

Use network connections selectively

Set your phone to check for new mail less frequently, or even by request only. In every mailbox you have, tap > settings > sync settings, and change the setting for Download new content.

Switch Bluetooth on only when needed.

Use a Wi-Fi connection to connect to the internet, rather than a mobile data connection.

Tip: To keep the Wi-Fi connection on even when the phone screen switches off, on the start screen, swipe left, tap Settings > Wi-Fi > advanced, and tap the Keep Wi-Fi on when the screen times out check box.